Month: October 2005

I’m sitting here at Chicago’s O’Hare Airport, with a couple of minutes to spare, and I don’t know whether blogging will be light, heavy, dark, or thin for the next few days. (Return home Monday.) With any luck, Justin will appear on the scene (maybe even Dennis, who knows?) They just called the bus I’m…

Buried in this story is a detail which serves as a reminder that news stories should be read carefully. The article is headlined “Bombs, explosives caused most Pennsylvania deaths in Iraq,” and it goes on to recite a list of Pennsylvania victims — including Army Captain Christopher Seifert: The war, which began March 20, 2003,…

I don’t keep up with these things as I should, but until today I never knew that a supposedly ordinary thermos could be dangerous: Last year Greenberg was pouring coffee from his Stanley thermos when the handle broke. “It looked like a smoke bomb going off,? described Greenberg, adding, ?It filled up the whole kitchen…

But I’m just not comfortable when I use a restroom, and it smells, well, like the smell of human excrement that’s gone stale after being the air for too long. And then I turn around and see a sign like this on the inside of the door: No, I did not write that as a…

Last month I wrote a post about an incident in which a 17 year old driver cut off a guy in his fifties, and the older guy lost his temper, followed the young driver all the way home and ran into him with his car while the kid was trying to get inside his house.…

I’m delighted to see that Justin’s Flying Car post has been linked by the Carnival of Tomorrow, and I wanted to welcome all new readers coming here from Phil Bowermaster great blog, The Speculist. (And while I’m at it, all new vistors who might be coming here indrectly from InstaPunditstan). Justin regrets that the comments…

I don’t find it too far-fetched that they tried to displace all the black people out of New Orleans. So says Spike Lee, who’s planning a “documentary” film for HBO. I can’t wait to see the documentation. But for now, I’ll just have to stick with the director’s words. Starting with the word “they.” Who…

Via Glenn Reynolds, John Fund, in a piece about the administration’s failure to properly examine Harriet Miers’ background, sees two primary problems with her nomination: “her lack of experience in constitutional law”; and “the firestorm of criticism from conservatives” I would agree that these are problems, and I am not at all pleased with the…

I have not forgotten the U.S.S. Cole. I just can’t believe it’s been five years. I remember talking about it at the time when I ate dinner with a World War II Navy veteran. He said that the attack on a Navy ship was a clear act of war, and he exploded with rage. I…

Every once in awhile, I’ll get something in the mail that annoys me enough to comment on it in this blog. The last time, I think, it was from a guy running for office in North Carolina who assumed I’d agree with him about the sodomites…. This time, it’s a slick, professionally done brochure from…

Considering the lack of any new information (and the near total media blackout), I expected to find nothing new about Joel Hinrichs or the Oklahoma University bombing today. But surprise, surprise! This morning, first I found an editorial opinion by Michelle Malkin, who has pursued this story more tirelessly than anyone in the media. (I…

James Dobson (a man I don’t agraee with on a number of issues) is considered a political insider regarding the Miers nomination, and it’s obvious that he’s not telling all he knows, especially about certain reassurances he’s said to have been given. Nevertheless, he makes an interesting observation in today’s Washington Times: James Dobson, founder…

While more than a few stubborn details have troubled me about the recent explosions and odd near-misses, a comment made by police in the San Diego “home lab” suicide prodded me into doing a little hard research into explosives. Police were sent to the 8700 block of Costa Verde Boulevard after someone reported a strong…

The United States is accused of not doing enough about in terms of earthquake relief: “Every move of the United States is judged here on political grounds. It was a rare opportunity for the United States to show that it’s a true friend of Pakistan,” said Mr Rais. It is not likely to have escaped…

Something is very wrong with this blog, and I’m worried that the primary problem is that I’m too nice. Via Dean Esmay (who, fortunately, cushioned the blow when he said nice things about me last week), I was directed to a very elaborate test which rates blogs by percentage of good and evil. In the…

Pennsylvania legislators are considering restrictions on the number and age of passengers allowed to ride with youthful drivers: In recent weeks, young drivers have been involved in three fatal accidents in the area (see related story). And in each instance, the drivers were carrying passengers. Now, the idea of a more restrictive, “graduated” driver’s license…

Unlike the bomb which exploded in front of the football stadium at Oklahoma University, bombs at Georgia Tech are considered a “terrorist act“: Three explosive devices found in a courtyard between two Georgia Tech dormitories on the East Campus Monday morning were part of a “terrorist act,” an Atlanta police official said. One of the…

This week’s Carnival of the RINOs has been posted by the Environmental Republican. Host Scott Welsh worked hard in spite of starting the week off “with the Eagles suffering an ass-kicking by the hated Cowgirls,” so he described himself as “full of piss and venom.” (I probably shouldn’t be saying this, Scott, but when that…

Jack Shafer (Via Glenn Reynolds) quotes a New York Times reporter for the proposition that the prosecutor in the Plame case (Patrick J. Fitzgerald) might be readying charges under an old espionage statute: Under the espionage statute, continues Johnston, “a government official or a private citizen who passed classified information to anyone else in or…

CBS is “looking into” the Joel Hinrichs/Oklahoma University bombing: Many, Malkin included, have wondered where the MSM is on this story. As the Oklahoma Daily editorial notes, local television has covered it and a quick Google search turns up (sometimes conflicting) reports in local and regional newspapers but no major media outlets appear to have…